Data from a 2018 study conducted by Nielsen and commissioned by the Plant Based Foods Association revealed plant-based food sales grew by 20 percent from the previous year to reach a staggering $3.3 billion. Listen to Michele Simon, executive director of the Plant Based Foods Association, and Judie Bizzozero, senior editor, Natural Products INSIDER, discuss key factors surrounding the growing plant-based market
Success in the natural products market comes to brands that plan, revaluate and execute a business strategy that hinges on the people and capital. Bob Burke, principal, Natural Products Consulting, discusses the steps brands can take to ensure they achieve success selling their supplement, food, beverage or personal care product with Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER. In this podcast, Burke covers: • Principles of a solid business plan including having a remarkable product, a gross marg...
Nutraceutical innovations have helped countless consumers in their pursuit of well-being. In this podcast, Gene Bruno of Twinlab talks with editor Karen Butler about the importance of creating scientifically backed products that meet all regulatory requirements.
The work environment that best suits the next generation of natural product industry leaders includes flexible time and the ability to work from home when needed. Monique Simison, senior sourcing manager, nutrition global procurement, Nutrilite, says these aspects and the greater culture at Amway, which owns Nutrilite, help keep her committed to and motivated by her job. In this podcast, Simison discusses her career in the natural products industry with Rena Cohen-First, director of sales, weste...
In this SupplySide West edition of the Healthy INSIDER Podcast, Lori Colman and Bob Musinski, CBD Marketing, discuss the role of online listening in understanding social media health trends and consumers.
Mickey Schuett, president of GBMM Brokers and Consulting, talks with INSIDER editor Todd Runestad about the business of hemp. Schuett consults with many hemp-derived CBD companies. Here we discuss the following issues: • How the evangelical community is selling hemp. • How start-ups are not familiar with GMPs or even the business of taking ingredients to finished products. • Problems abiding by traceability practices and claims. • The value of lawyering up. • Whether the pharmaceutical CBD a goo...
Since ideation two years ago, the Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) launched, and now includes over 12,000 labels and is guided by an advisory board to ensure it continuously meets industry needs. In addition, the Commercial Data Exchange (CDX) portion of the OWL, which helps retailers compare products, has become more robust. In this podcast, Gisele Atkinson, vice president, quality and technical affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), and Douglas “Duffy” MacKay, N.D., senior v...
In this SupplySide West edition of the Healthy INSIDER Podcast, Ian Lirenman, CEO and founder of emerginC, discusses the process of innovation behind its recently launched Rawceuticals Blend moisturizer, a finalist in the 2018 SupplySide West Editor’s Choice Awards.
Falling asleep is “an act of faith,” notes Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., author, educator and integrative medicine clinician, where humans must trust they are in a safe place to become unconscious for hours. It’s no wonder that botanicals and other supplements aren’t sleeping pills or magic bullets that cure insomnia. Rather, as Dr. Low Dog, explains, key ingredients can help reduce stress and can play a role in lifestyle changes that help address consumer sleep concerns. In this podcast with Sandy Al...
Phoenix-based Spinato’s Fine Foods recently took its award-winning gluten free pizza recipe from the restaurant to retail stores nationwide. Listen to Todd Niezgodzki, national director of sales and business development, Spinato’s Fine Foods, and Judie Bizzozero, senior editor, Natural Products INSIDER, discuss to how the company identified market opportunity and clean label formulation considerations.
LifeBoost CEO Ted Mills talks with Todd Runestad, INSIDER senior editor, about his company’s cute little countertop appliance, Tespo, and how it will change the game for nutrient intake. Mr. Coffee has met his match.
For every SupplySide West 2018 attendee who washed their hands at the booth of hygiene equipment provider Meritech, the company donated US$1 to Edesia Nutrition, a nonprofit organization that produces peanut-based, ready-to-use therapeutic foods for humanitarian aid organizations working in emergencies, conflict zones and food insecure regions around the world. The company raised $2,544 for Edesia Nutrition, which will help save the lives of roughly 50 malnourished children.
Botanical ingredients such as echinacea, boswellia, curcumin and andrographis offer potential benefits, whether in humans or animals. In this podcast, Cheryl Myers of EuroPharma tells editor Karen Butler how she integrated her knowledge as a registered nurse with the wellness resources available through natural products.
Todd Runestad, senior editor at Informa Health & Nutrition, talks with Scott Larkin, CEO of Connect Nutrition, about relationship building between suppliers and manufacturers. As an industry veteran, Larkin gets into a number of fascinating ingredient topics in a deep and real way. Key topics in the podcast include: • Adaptogens • “Mycellial consciousness” • Cannabis & CBD • Carotenoids • Glyphosate: Clean label 2.0
Do bacteria cells really outnumber human cells in our bodies six to one? Is bacterial diversity in the gut always better? Listen to this podcast with Don Brown, N.D., director of Natural Products Research and Consultants, as he describes the facts and fictions of probiotic lore as either upheld or debunked by science. In this podcast, Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER, asks Dr. Brown: • Do good and back bacteria actually compete for “space” in the gastrointestinal tract? • Does a pregna...
n this podcast interview during SupplySide West in November 2018, Frank Lampe of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) discusses UNPA members’ increasing interest in CBD and hemp extracts.
A passion for beer led to a patented technology for rescuing spent grains that could revolutionize the food ingredient supply chain. In this podcast, Dan Kurzrock of ReGrained talks with editor Karen Butler about upcycling, and the joys and challenges of creating planet-conscious products.
In this SupplySide West edition of the Healthy INSIDER Podcast, Lindsey Bristol, MS, RD, senior marketing manager at Swanson, offers tips and insight on building an influencer program from scratch.
Research has shown the many benefits sleep has for every target demographic, but research has not shown that dietary ingredients can cause rid consumers of insomnia or put them to sleep faster. But perhaps, that shouldn’t be the goal of botanicals, vitamins and minerals, according to Michael Grandner, Ph.D., director of the sleep and health research program and an assistant professor in the department of psychiatry in the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Instead, supplements and functi...
Todd Runestad, senior editor at Informa Health & Nutrition, talks with Eric Anderson of NattoPharma about “the forgotten vitamin,” vitamin K2, especially the menaquinone-7, or MK-7, form. Compelling research is catapulting the ingredient into the supplement industry in produts for all stages of life, from infants through seniors trying to preserve bone health and keep arteries flexible. Key topics in the podcast include: • Research establishing vitamin K2 as a revolutionary ingredient for bo...
